What state has the highest level of play?

oshua86

oshua86

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I live here in NC and I have done some traveling and for what I have seen the conglomeration of "A" players and above is pretty big overall, more than I have seen in any other state I have visited. What are your opinions on this?
 
I travel ALL over for work....

I travel all over the US for work and get to play in a LOT of places.

I would have to say that my home state California has the largest number of A level players and above. There are far too many here to name, but considering the population of the state that is just to be expected.

If you differentiate that down to highest number of short stop and above or pro caliber, I'm not sure my opinion would be the same, but there are a LOT of A caliber and short stop players here that just don't go any where or compete much...

Jaden
 
I'd say Nevada has the highest level of play at the time of this writing! :grin-square:
 
JAM said:
I'd say Nevada has the highest level of play at the time of this writing! :grin-square:
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Thanks Captain Obvious. :grin-square:;)

If you take Vegas out of the equation and think about home States, Florida has to be up near the top. Lots of killers here.
 
I've been told by every single person that has ever traveled in the last 5 years. Ohio is hard earned money for a pool player.
 
When it comes to bar table players I'd have to say Wisconsin, California is a big state and has a huge population of good players but when it comes down to Pro's I'd have to say Las Vegas right now but I think Florida will regain that title if bonus ball is finished.
 
no question it is California --- the monthly tournament at Hard Times is harder than any regional tour event anywhere in the country.
 
I would say Texas or Florida. Seems to be amazing amounts of talent in both states.
 
poolhallringer said:
When it comes to bar table players I'd have to say Wisconsin, California is a big state and has a huge population of good players but when it comes down to Pro's I'd have to say Las Vegas right now but I think Florida will regain that title if bonus ball is finished.
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Segmenting for table size, I'd have to say Wisconsin should be definitely in the top 5 for bar tables. I can't say I've traveled the states, so it's hard for me to say with certainty on the best.

Based on what I've seen/heard, California may be the place for 9' tables though.
 
I think you will find that a map of the pool halls in the US will give you a pretty good indication of which states have the most players and, consequently, the most high level players. Here is what the google map looks like. Naturally, there is some difference in the average level of play from place to place, and some places have an even higher concentration of pool halls than it looks like on the map because they are all right on top of each other, but this should give you a good idea.

Another interesting data point is the BCA Advance/Master list, here, but it doesn't account for the popularity of BCA in some states over others, so the map is probably better.
 
I don't know about the highest level of play...................

But the weakest level of play with the most gamble has to be Louisiana. :o:grin:
 
You're absolutely right Watchez....

watchez said:
no question it is California --- the monthly tournament at Hard Times is harder than any regional tour event anywhere in the country.
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The first Sunday tourney at Hard Times is tougher than most regional tour events and the swannee memorial is probably one of the toughest tournies period...

Jaden
 
oshua86 said:
I live here in NC and I have done some traveling and for what I have seen the conglomeration of "A" players and above is pretty big overall, more than I have seen in any other state I have visited. What are your opinions on this?
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By the time this thread is over you will have visited all 50 states lol...
 
Matt said:
I think you will find that a map of the pool halls in the US will give you a pretty good indication of which states have the most players and, consequently, the most high level players. Here is what the google map looks like. Naturally, there is some difference in the average level of play from place to place, and some places have an even higher concentration of pool halls than it looks like on the map because they are all right on top of each other, but this should give you a good idea.

Another interesting data point is the BCA Advance/Master list, here, but it doesn't account for the popularity of BCA in some states over others, so the map is probably better.
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based on this, must be easy money here... :cool::cool::cool:
 

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oshua86 said:
I live here in NC and I have done some traveling and for what I have seen the conglomeration of "A" players and above is pretty big overall, more than I have seen in any other state I have visited. What are your opinions on this?
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Sorry Oshua, but statistically speaking, NC was 3rd from last in my analysis simply based on the statistics available.

Statistics used were the Advanced/Master/Grand Master list of BCA (men and women) against the latest population statistics.

I will use the following caveats of my data research.
1. Assumes the BCA list is accurate with names and states associated.
2. Data does NOT take into account number of BCA members (not sure where to get that info).

Top 5 and Bottom 5 in total number of Advanced/Masters/Grand Masters
1. Texas (113)
2. Minnesota (81)
3. California (76)
4. Illinois (71)
5. Wisconsin (47)
46. Alabama (3)
47. Vermont (2)
48. Delaware (1)
49. Hawaii (1)
50. Mississippi (0)

Top 5 and Bottom 5 adjusted for Population
1. North Dakota (1 in 58,316)
2. Nevada (1 in 61,909)
3. Minnesota (1 in 64,449)
4. South Dakota (1 in 73,109)
5. Wyoming (1 in 76,095)
46. Connecticut (1 in 875,313)
47. Hawaii (1 in 1,288198)
48. North Carolina (1 in 1,317,488)
49. Alabama (1 in 1,553,967)
50. Mississippi (0 in 2,938,618)

Hope this helps. I really do need to find a job!!
 
Jaden said:
I travel all over the US for work and get to play in a LOT of places.

I would have to say that my home state California has the largest number of A level players and above. There are far too many here to name, but considering the population of the state that is just to be expected.

If you differentiate that down to highest number of short stop and above or pro caliber, I'm not sure my opinion would be the same, but there are a LOT of A caliber and short stop players here that just don't go any where or compete much...

Jaden
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California in my analysis.

3rd in total adv/master/grand master players with 76.
40th adjusted for population with 1 out of every 483,640 people.
 
JAM said:
I'd say Nevada has the highest level of play at the time of this writing! :grin-square:
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Here are the stats to your guess of Nevada JAM.

10th in total number of adv/master/grand master players at 42
2nd adjusted for population with 1 of every 61,909 people.
 
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